Exam 7: Microbial Metabolism

In the electron transport chain, the collective, captured energy released by electrons is used to phosphorylate ________.

When the product of reaction A becomes the reactant of reaction B, the metabolic pathway is ________.

Based upon knowledge of enzymes and metabolic processes, which of the following outcomes should the parents expect if the deficiency is not treated?

During which phase of cellular respiration is the majority of ATP formed?

A metabolic pathway begins as a series of linear reactions then, at a specific point in the pathway, two reactants are produced, each of which proceed in a linear, yet different chain of reactions. This is an example of a ________.

In bacterial cells, the electron carriers NAD⁺ and FAD are found in the ________, whereas the cytochromes are located in the ________.

All of the following are true of enzymes except ________.

Each of the following is true of enzymes except ________.

Formation of peptide bonds between amino acids to build a polypeptide would be called ________.

Reduction of nitrogen-oxygen ions, such as nitrate, by some bacteria is called ________.

Glycolysis ________.

ATP synthase is a complex enzyme needed for oxidative phosphorylation.

In bacterial cells, when glucose is completely oxidized by all the pathways of aerobic cellular respiration, what is the maximum number of ATP generated?

Which of the following is not true regarding glycolysis?

In a bacterial cell, synthesis of an essential amino acid would take place continually unless the amino acid was abundant in the growth media, in which case ________.

Biochemical testing reveals that the organism further reduces nitrite to produce nitrous oxide. Based on this byproduct, which of the following is the most likely catabolic pathway utilized by this organism?

Inborn errors of metabolism ________.

Which of the following is not true of anaerobic respiration?

Deamination is the removal of a(n) ________ group in proteins.